We’ve talked about the books we love and the movies we love…now all that’s left is for the Popdose staff to celebrate Valentine’s Day by waxing rhapsodic about our very…
John C. Hughes
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Charlie’s Angels chanteuse Cheryl Ladd was known for two spectacular things: her acting and her singing. What? What’d you think I was gonna say? Anyhoo, Ladd got her start as…
Ed Murray
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Brooklyn-based trio Vivian Girls have lived a lifetime in blog years, going from virtual unknowns to hipster music blog celebrities to backlash victims in about 14 months. But regardless of…
Jon Cummings
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The last couple weeks have served as a brilliant, if butt-ugly, reminder that governance should be judged not on the back and forth of day-to-day events, but on outcomes. When…
Popdose Staff
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Hello and welcome back to our three-day Valentine’s spectacular! If you missed yesterday’s introduction, we’re taking time this week to talk about the books, movies, and music we love —…
Tony Redman
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Big Daddy is a musical group with a rather unusual back story. I’ll let the liner notes explain: While on a USO tour of Southeast Asia in 1959, Big Daddy…
Ben Wiser
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Hola Amigos! I know it’s been a while since I last rapped at you, but with being a new dad and all, I’ve been busier than a one-armed bass player….
Taylor Long
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Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You (2009, Capitol) purchase this album (Amazon) When you weigh Lily Allen‘s artistic output with how much tabloid-style press she gets, it’s safe…
Taylor Long
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If, upon hearing the news that Steve Martin has a banjo album, you have an image of Martin in overalls and a straw hat displaying a novice’s banjo-picking skills while…
Ken Shane
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F. Scott Fitzgerald once famously declared that there are no second acts in American lives. It’s a good thing that the Bee Gees aren’t American, then, because they’ve had at…
Dw. Dunphy
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Yes – Symphonic Live (2009, Eagle Records) purchase this album (Amazon) It’s hard for me to judge the music of Yes in any rational way — and even harder when…
David Medsker
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Raoul and the Kings of Spain is the most maligned album in Tears for Fears’ catalog…and I totally get that. It is completely out of step with everything else they’ve…
Dave Steed
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Last week in my intro I talked about De La Soul dropping their biggest hit song all the way down at track 20 on their debut album, 3 Feet High…
Rob Smith
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Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The…
Ted Asregadoo
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“Wow, these grapes are sour!”Á‚ A fitting epitaph for Republicans as they try to grab the spotlight to bitch and moan about Obama, the Democrats, and spending while really only…
John C. Hughes
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This has been a week of happy endings for me, and I’m not referring to a trip to the massage parlor (this time). Y’see, twenty-odd years ago, I bought one…
Popdose Staff
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It’s that time of year again — when pink and red rule the aisles of your local Wal-Mart, pre-adolescent boys and girls hope for poorly worded expressions of like from…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Ever been dumped?Á‚ Stings, don’t it?Á‚ We know.Á‚ Believe me, we at Popdose know.Á‚ Last year, as Valentine’s Day approached, many of the Popdose staffers…
Lance Berry
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For the benefit of those who haven’t seen Max Payne yet, but are considering renting the DVD, I’m going to spoil as much of it as possible for you. Why?…
Bob Cashill
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End-of-the-Earth sagas are a staple of horror and sci-fi, but it’s not just genre directors who make them. Filmmakers of all kinds are drawn to doomsday stories, as if they…
Scott Malchus
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Like any film student who worships Chinatown and loved The Pianist, I was intrigued by how Roman Polanski, the charismatic film director, would be portrayed in Marina Zenovich’s documentary, Roman…
Allen Lulu
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Last year I had the good fortune to discover a band before almost anyone else and before they blew up. In the case of Jukebox the Ghost, however, there’s still…
Jeff Giles
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Night Court: The Complete Second Season (2009, Warner Home Video) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Like most of you, I imagine, I’ve suffered the repeated indignity of re-experiencing beloved artifacts from…
Taylor Long
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Being an obsessive music hoarder has its drawbacks. The questions of, “How often do I really listen to ______ ?” and all those albums that you really mean to get…
David Medsker
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Yo. Sorry, that’s all I got for a greeting today. Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure…
Jon Cummings
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It’s inevitable these days that a conversation with Lisa Loeb is going to circle back to food. Sure, she’s a once-and-perhaps-future pop star and, more recently, an actress and reality-TV…
Scott Malchus
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I almost didn’t watch the Grammy Awards last night; in fact, I didn’t turn them on until a half hour into the show. Living on the west coast, by the…
Mike Heyliger
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When Licensed to Ill shocked everyone by becoming the biggest-selling rap album of all time (until MC Hammer snatched the title a couple years later), no one expected the Beastie…
Scott Malchus
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Neil Burger’s compelling drama The Lucky Ones deserved better. When it was released in theaters last year to little fanfare, the movie died quickly and was rushed to DVD before…